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The first photo is a screenshot from a short video that our group managed to shoot a minute before it started raining in July 2021. From this side, you can clearly see that the building is holding together. Although it has been known for a…

"Souvenirs from Navagrudok" tell about signs and memories of the city's past and present. The photos were taken during the trips within the Shtetlfest project. Museum of Local History in Navahrudak. General historical information…

Nata Holava, 2020-2022, expedition. For the first time, I visited Navahrudak to get acquainted with the future location in early December 2020. I was curious (because I was aware that the history of the place is closely linked to the…

Shtetlfest project started on September 1, 2020. In December 2020, the project team made an online presentation to talk about the goals and objectives, planned activities and partners. Official information about the project can be…

Local historian from Barysaw Ales Pantsyaley (professional blacksmith and artist) talks about working with the state archive and searching for information about the settlement and local residents. The focus of the conversation is the…

Translator Wolf Rubinchik and artist Andrey Dubinin examine the work of Izi Kharik, a Jewish writer from Zembin town, executed by the Soviet authorities in 1937. Through the poet's artistic and ethnographic work about the Jewish wedding…

An employee of the art gallery in the former township of Smilavichy talks about a successful regional project with European support for heritage preservation. Chaïm Soutineis a world-famous Jewish artist from a Belarusian town. But for a…

The only place near the former Jewish town of Zembin where travelers can rest and order food at any time is the House of Nomads. In this stream, we get to know the place and the hosts, as well as the exotic installation they offer…

Tamara Vyarshitskaya, guide, local historian and promoter of the Jewish history of Navahrudak, makes a small tour for the working group of our project in the evening in the city center. Old buildings, evening light, architectural features,…

A conversation about the problems and successes of preserving the historical heritage in Belarus. Online and offline meeting guests: Ales Astravukh, creator of the Yiddish-Belarusian dictionary; Anton Astapovich, chairman of the…

Some of the buildings in the town of Lyubcha remind us of the Jewish past of this place. The abandoned house is a former mikvah (ritual bath). And in the house of culture, there was a synagogue before. Nearby is another interesting stone…

The working group of the project conducts a conversation from two sites at once - from the future Shtetlfest fair in the center of the town of Izabielin and from the synagogue in Orla, where the final event of the Shtetlfest-2021…

Speakers of the meeting: Ewa Grochowska, Alicja Grabowska, Tomasz Wisniewski, Jan Maciejewski. During the discussion, the participants discuss cultural ties, living conditions and social context in the relations between the local and…

The manor in Padarosk is one of the objects of a private cultural and tourist cluster that is currently developing near Izabielin. The building of the former synagogue in Izabielin is also one of the assets of this owner. In Padarosk, you…

Today, Padarosk (derived from "gift" – “padarunak”, or "on the way" – “pa daroze”?) does not look like an old place with a wonderful historical heritage, although it dates back to 1507. But even from the road, you can see the beautiful…

Padarosk was not a Jewish town, but it is located near Izabielin, has its own curiosities and the main tourist attraction – the Bokhvits manor. We walk around the village and the manor with the help of these photos. More about Padarosk can…

Here, in this small, seemingly completely abandoned place, there is no evidence that there was once a large-scale production of roof tiles. A few of them remain only on some roofs as a memory. By the way, if you happen to visit Vaukavysk…

Izabielin was renamed from the village of Petukhova by the then owner, Fleming, in honor of his daughter. It takes some effort to understand the essence of this place and to look behind the exterior unattractiveness of an agrotown to see…

The Germans who lived in Izabielin were engaged in the production of roof tiles. Formerly, many roofs were covered with it. Today, you can still find this "Runge" roof tiles. Izabielin is atmospheric when you look into the wild bushes and…

Infrastructure Town’s coordinates Barysaw town, Barysaw district, Minsk region, 222511. Latitude – 54.21443, longitude – 28.50844. …